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re: Frick Fortnite
Posted on 3/29/18 at 12:30 pm to tgrbaitn08
Posted on 3/29/18 at 12:30 pm to tgrbaitn08
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We took my sons away the other day
Why?
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 12:31 pm to The Torch
Fishing is boring. Video games are fun.
Posted on 3/29/18 at 12:32 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
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Why?
Grades slipped. Giving him 2 weeks then will gradually let him start playing again.
Sucks for him because he’s old enough to stay home by himself and he’s off of school for the next week.
This post was edited on 3/29/18 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 3/29/18 at 12:33 pm to The Torch
He's running shite and you're allowing him to.
Posted on 3/29/18 at 12:36 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Grades slipped. Giving him 2 weeks then will gradually let him start playing again.
Fair enough. Have you tried actually setting a schedule for him?
Posted on 3/29/18 at 12:38 pm to The Torch
My 11 yr old loves it too. He plays with all his friends and laughs his arse off. I never had that much fun playing video games.
Posted on 3/29/18 at 12:41 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
I’ll give you the response you were fishing for.. if my future kid is spending too much time playing video games, I will make him turn it off and go outside and shoot a basketball or something. I would do this even if his grades were fine and he had friends.
Posted on 3/29/18 at 12:50 pm to The Torch
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I took him fishing and all he wanted to do was come home and play this stupid game.
What I would give to be able to spend my days fishing with my dad and playing Fortnite until the sun comes up instead of being stuck in an office.
Posted on 3/29/18 at 12:51 pm to PhiTiger1764
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I’ll give you the response you were fishing for.. if my future kid is spending too much time playing video games, I will make him turn it off and go outside and shoot a basketball or something. I would do this even if his grades were fine and he had friends.
I'm not fishing for an answer. The poster answered my question as to their reasoning. There can be plenty of reasons to take it away. "Because I think they are playing it too much" is a silly reason if it isn't harming them. If the game is not adversely affecting the kid's life, forcing him to stop playing is a dumb way to go about it. Why don't you set limits on the front end. X amount of time outdoors gets you X amount of gaming time. Teach them to manage their time. Just forcing him to stop because you think he is doing it too much just teaches your kid they are only allowed to do what you like. Play the game with him if you are looking for a way to bond with your son. Forcing him to stop doing something he enjoys so you can do something you enjoy with him isn't how you do it. Bond with him in the things he likes to do, he will then be more receptive doing other things with you.
This post was edited on 3/29/18 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 3/29/18 at 1:00 pm to The Torch
There’s a sure-fire way to gauge a kid’s addiction to anything. Video games, computers, tv, whatever...
Just turn it off unexpectedly and watch his reaction. If he complains and says, “hey! Why did you do that? I was playing a game!” or something like it, then that’s normal.
But if it’s a full-blown balls-to-the-wall freakout, with shouting, crying, screaming, or any sound out of his mouth but English, then there’s a problem. Limit access immediately.
Kids have no way of moderating their consumption of anything. You have to do it for them.
Just turn it off unexpectedly and watch his reaction. If he complains and says, “hey! Why did you do that? I was playing a game!” or something like it, then that’s normal.
But if it’s a full-blown balls-to-the-wall freakout, with shouting, crying, screaming, or any sound out of his mouth but English, then there’s a problem. Limit access immediately.
Kids have no way of moderating their consumption of anything. You have to do it for them.
Posted on 3/29/18 at 1:12 pm to brucevilanch
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Yeah, and all you want to do is frick Nancy from accounting, but she just not into you.
She's a whore though, isn't she?
Posted on 3/29/18 at 1:12 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
I thought you were going to take it a different route. I agree with some of that. Especially the X amount of time out doors = X amount of game time.
But he’s going to need to learn to like doing things other than video games. I’m not going to let him spend 15-20 hours over a weekend playing video games.
But he’s going to need to learn to like doing things other than video games. I’m not going to let him spend 15-20 hours over a weekend playing video games.
Posted on 3/29/18 at 1:25 pm to PhiTiger1764
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But he’s going to need to learn to like doing things other than video games. I’m not going to let him spend 15-20 hours over a weekend playing video games.
That is fine, but set up the ground rules up front. If the kid enjoys playing, they will do it when they can. If the kid isn't told that they can only play a certain amount of time, you're not doing yourself or the kid any favors getting pissed and taking it away when they end up playing it more than you never told them you don't want them to play.
Posted on 3/29/18 at 2:20 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
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Have you tried actually setting a schedule for him?
We tried that but it never sticks....we're just always coming and going and it's hard monitoring a schedule.....he needed a break anyway.
Posted on 3/29/18 at 2:55 pm to tgrbaitn08
There are usually systems you can set up to turn wifi on and off, basically an internet parental lock. May be worth looking into 
Posted on 3/29/18 at 3:16 pm to CoachKlein
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Just like everything else, it is a phase and will be over soon.
He will easily double his age before this "Phase" is over.
Posted on 3/29/18 at 3:24 pm to farmertiger
He will be 22 before he decides to eat, sleep, and brush his teeth instead of playing video games?
Posted on 3/29/18 at 3:46 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
In case you need an example of what kind of problems this may develop. We had a gamer (not a pro, tho he wishes) lose his job because he was always late and would miss multiple days of work. Every excuse in the book leading up to the termination. When it became predictable that he was going to miss and no Dr. excuse could be provided we confronted him about the issues. He came clean and honestly blamed fortnite and board games. Said he would miss his alarm because he stayed up too late playing fortnite and the days were missed for playing board games. Ran into him a few weeks later and he moved back in with his parents. He was still unemployed and happy to have more gaming time. THIS IS A PROBLEM PARENTS!
Posted on 3/29/18 at 4:00 pm to The Torch
Play in a battle with him and rank higher. Once he sees his father is better at it than him, he won't want to play it anymore anyways.
Posted on 3/29/18 at 4:11 pm to farmertiger
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THIS IS A PROBLEM PARENTS!
This is a parenting problem I believe you mean. Teach your kid how to manage his time. "he plays too much so we are taking it away" is not parenting.
This post was edited on 3/29/18 at 4:16 pm
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